Greece on Saturday reported cases of H5N1 bird flu in three dead swans, as the disease appeared to have been spread into the European Union by wild birds. "This is the deadly, the aggressive strain of the virus," Deputy Agriculture Minister Alexandros Kontos told Reuters. "The swans were probably flying to Africa because of the cold snap in central Europe." The swans were found in three separate areas around the Thermaikos Gulf south of the northern port city of Thessaloniki. Tests are also being carried out on a wild goose from the Aegean island of Skyros and the result expected within the week. "It was confirmed today by the EU lab in London that the three samples from dead swans had the pathogenic H5N1 strain of the virus," the Agriculture Ministry said in a statement. Italy and Bulgaria also reported cases among swans on Saturday. ... http://abcnews.go.com

Latest interim results in Haiti's election suggest the presidential race will go to a second, run-off round. Former President Rene Preval, a one-time ally of ousted leader Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is now polling 50.2% with half the votes counted. Mr Preval needs at least 50% to avoid a run-off. His supporters are alleging fraud after seeing his share drop from more than 60% in first results issued. But international observers say the poll was free and fair. Another ex-leader, Leslie Manigat, has 11.4%, while industrialist Charles Henry Baker has 8.3%, latest results show. The country - the poorest in the Americas - is choosing a 129-member parliament as well as a new president. ...http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4703138.stm

A Turkish man held since 2002 in the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay can expect to be released in the coming months and returned to his home in Germany, the German magazine Focus said on Saturday.The German embassy in Washington was working to provide the security guarantees that the United States was demanding, such as continued surveillance, as a condition for the release of Murat Kurnaz, Focus said. The magazine said Kurnaz could be freed by mid-year. A government spokesman confirmed the German embassy was in talks with U.S. officials in a bid to end Kurnaz's detention. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who criticized the Guantanamo base before a trip to Washington last month, had discussed Kurnaz's case with U.S. President George W. Bush last month, the spokesman added. ...http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1606911

U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Saturday the United States wanted to strengthen military ties with Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco and played down the threat posed by al Qaeda in the three North African states. Rumsfeld arrived in Tunis after a NATO meeting in Sicily to begin a three-day visit to the Maghreb — his first to the region as defense secretary — and praised Tunisia's support in the U.S. campaign against global terrorism. "They have been attacked by terrorists in this country," Rumsfeld told reporters at the ruins of the ancient city of Carthage. "They have felt the sting of that type of violence," Rumsfeld added. Tunisia blamed al Qaeda for a suicide bombing in 2002 against its main Jewish shrine which killed 14 people, most of them German tourists...http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1606943

Bottles of fruit juice that appeared to be tampered with were found at same drug store where grape juice that sickened dozens of churchgoers had been purchased, police said. The bottles contained several different brands and types of juice and were found during an inventory check, police said Friday. The CVS store was shut down as a precaution, and other stores in the area were notified. The discovery comes after 40 churchgoers at Calvary Baptist Church were sickened last Sunday. Five people were sent to the hospital with nausea and vomiting after drinking the juice during a communion service, but nobody was seriously injured. ...http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1606777&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312

A van carrying suspected illegal immigrants crashed near the border with Mexico on Friday as it was being chased by the Border Patrol, injuring more than 20 people, eight critically.Twenty-eight people were in the van when it overturned while trying to avoid a strip of spikes that agents had placed in its path.Eight people suffered life-threatening injuries. Another 13 were being treated for minor injuries, said Maurice Luque, a spokesman for the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department. The chase began when Border Patrol agents received reports that large numbers of illegal immigrants were being loaded into three vans in the Otay Mesa industrial district of San Diego.Agents stopped two of the vans, taking about 60 suspected illegal immigrants into custody, Border Patrol spokesman Richard Kite said....http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11282868/from/RSS/